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untonuggan) wrote2013-03-15 01:09 pm
untonuggan) wrote2013-03-15 01:09 pm
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All the finished objects
Apparently the secret to finishing a shawlette in one day* is to use big needles, big yarn, and do a pattern that is easy to memorize and that you're already familiar with. It helps if you also really like the yarn. This shawlette did not turn out as I expected, as I was thinking, "I'll just do a basic triangular shawl with the rest of the homespun yarn from the homespun affection I did awhile ago." Nope. Not happening. Instead it ended up being more woodlandsy in colors, with some novelty yarn mixed in, and also other homespun.
And thus I give you...the Pixie Shawlette (I would have made it bigger except it was on a deadline, and really, it's big enough for shoulders):
Triangular shawl with stripes going along the triangular pattern in purple, green, gray, dark green, cream, and purple-brown twist. Laying on a beige carpet in a ray of sunlight with the shadows of a window pane on it.
I also knit up some of the food-dye yarn- the one that was commercially spun, not the other one. My grandma forgot to bring gloves with her, and she needed some for her arrival back in the UK. So I made her these:
A pair of purple-white variegated fingerless gloves sitting on a wooden table. Simple pattern with ribbing around the cuff and fingers, stockinette for the hands, and a garter stitch thumb gussett.
I really like the way the yarn knitted up, and even though you can tell that some bits didn't take the dye because of the way I tied it I think that only adds to the effect of the variegation.
I also finished a scarf that I've been knitting off and on for months, but I don't have a photo of it. Sorry. It's blue and fairly simple, so. Maybe later I will photo.
Now there are a few questions I ask myself:
And thus I give you...the Pixie Shawlette (I would have made it bigger except it was on a deadline, and really, it's big enough for shoulders):
Triangular shawl with stripes going along the triangular pattern in purple, green, gray, dark green, cream, and purple-brown twist. Laying on a beige carpet in a ray of sunlight with the shadows of a window pane on it.
I also knit up some of the food-dye yarn- the one that was commercially spun, not the other one. My grandma forgot to bring gloves with her, and she needed some for her arrival back in the UK. So I made her these:
A pair of purple-white variegated fingerless gloves sitting on a wooden table. Simple pattern with ribbing around the cuff and fingers, stockinette for the hands, and a garter stitch thumb gussett.
I really like the way the yarn knitted up, and even though you can tell that some bits didn't take the dye because of the way I tied it I think that only adds to the effect of the variegation.
I also finished a scarf that I've been knitting off and on for months, but I don't have a photo of it. Sorry. It's blue and fairly simple, so. Maybe later I will photo.
Now there are a few questions I ask myself:
- What to knit next? (I have a couple projects on the needles, but new things call to me!)
- When the heck will I have energy to full (i.e. set the spin so I can knit it) the Wensleydale "Best Tea China" I dyed and spun?
- What am I going to knit with it? (It's 69 yards and about worsted thick-and-thin art yarn, I'd really like to make a scarf, but I think I'd have to have a yarn to pair with it. Unless it was really holey. Hmm...)